[NevadaARES] Updates

[Matthew Parker]

Some important things to remember:
(If someone could relay these on tonight's 2-meter net, I would appreciate 
it; this new work schedule is really playing heck with my availablility on 
Thursday nights.  Thanks.)

Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief training will be conducted this 
Saturday, August 17.  Training begins at 9 A.M. and will be conducted for 
all levels of service within SBC-DR.  I will be making a presentation on 
Emergency Communications from 9 until noon.  The presentation is designed 
to be informative for hams as well as non-hams; it will start with 
introductions to the amateur radio service, ARES, and RACES, and work into 
how we interface with SBC-DR.  It will conclude with set-up and 
demonstration of HF voice, VHF/UHF voice, and VHF packet equipment.  The 
latter will be fun and worth attending to participate in.  This training 
will take place at Desert Springs Church, 2301 Kings Row in Reno.  There is 
no need to RSVP.

The Third Quarter 2002 Business Meeting for NNARS will be held Sunday, 
August 25, at 1:30 P.M.  The location for this meeting will be classroom 
MG-10 at the V.A. Medical Center, 1000 Locust Street in Reno.  There will 
be some important updates regarding where the organization has been and 
where it is going.  All members wishing to continue being involved in 
emergency communication efforts coordinated by NNARS should plan to attend.

For further information regarding either of these events, contact me at 
425-6102, via e-mail at n7tod@arrl.net, or on the 146.61 repeater system.

73,

Matthew B. Parker, N7TOD
Chairman, Northern Nevada Amateur Radio Services
http://www.qsl.net/nnars
ARES Emergency Coordinator - Washoe County